After all that hype, the Clippers look like nothing more than a first round outing.

This makes me so happy. If they lose on Friday, they will probably lose most of this "depth" next season. Blake Griffin will never be taken seriously by anyone in this league other than ESPN, and Bledsoe is a definite goner.

As everyone knows, the Clippers will find a way to fail, no matter what.

I really do enjoy watching the Grizzlies play, still the NBA constantly tries to sell us on 'exciting' teams like the Clippers. Even without Griffin at full strength, shooting teams can get hot fast so this series still has a ways to go, and definitely the starters won't shoot so terrible.

Hopefully Grizzlies will close it out next game. All that regular season hoopla about the Clippers i.e. Showtime 2.0, 17 win streak, division title, 50+ wins, greatest bench ever blah blah yet a first round exit in the playoffs to show for it?

Great win by the Grizzlies. Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph are like a brick wall. They are hard to break. As for the Clippers, other than Chris Paul, they have streaky players. If the those players are hot, they are great. But, if those players are cold, they are terrible. Tonight, the other Clippers players were cold so they were terrible. Also, DeAndre Jordan is a useless player. There is no way in hell a starter who makes at least 10 million a year only score 6 points and grab 8 rebounds in a pivotal Game 5.

I wanna poke at this since Shaq (who I still hate on TNT OT) pointed out those same stats. I had a problem with him too. It doesn't show the whole story. One of those numbers is Chauncey, one is Butler, and one is Griffin. Jamal played more mins than Chauncey due to him being more productive in scoring, Barnes played over Butler to help with Conley, and Griffin was playing injured until he left the game(he was still able to flop).

I wanna see Memphis close this one out, though. Clippers are going to come out tough on Friday, and Memphis gotta continue to dictate pace and bully in the paint.

I wanna poke at this since Shaq (who I still hate on TNT OT) pointed out those same stats. I had a problem with him too. It doesn't show the whole story. One of those numbers is Chauncey, one is Butler, and one is Griffin. Jamal played more mins than Chauncey due to him being more productive in scoring, Barnes played over Butler to help with Conley, and Griffin was playing injured until he left the game(he was still able to flop).

I wanna see Memphis close this one out, though. Clippers are going to come out tough on Friday, and Memphis gotta continue to dictate pace and bully in the paint.

Here's another statistic too.

Only Chris Paul and Jamal Crawford scored in double digits.

11 players played.

Only 2 had double digits.

CP3 with 35 and Jamal Crawford with 15

The rest?
3

6

4

5

6

7

5

4

3

So no matter how the minutes were spread... it still doesn't look good for them I think.

Contrast that with Memphis where 9 players played and 4 scored in double digits.

Memphis just seems like the real "team" in my opinion.

While the Clippers seem to me like a team carried solely and only by CP3 very similarly to what he had to do in the Hornets.

He doesn't have a true second option on that team with him that's gonna carry that team to the next level alongside him.

That's why the Lakers were a fit for him because him and Kobe would have had each other.

On the Clippers at best he has Blake Griffin, who is a star, but he's not a legitimate 2nd option nor a go to guy in the forth quarter that's gonna demand defensive attention away from CP3.

And therein lays the problem with the Clippers no matter how much depth they have.

So no matter how the minutes were spread... it still doesn't look good for them I think.

Contrast that with Memphis where 9 players played and 4 scored in double digits.

Memphis just seems like the real "team" in my opinion.

While the Clippers seem to me like a team carried solely and only by CP3 very similarly to what he had to do in the Hornets.

He doesn't have a true second option on that team with him that's gonna carry that team to the next level alongside him.

That's why the Lakers were a fit for him because him and Kobe would have had each other.

On the Clippers at best he has Blake Griffin, who is a star, but he's not a legitimate 2nd option nor a go to guy in the forth quarter that's gonna demand defensive attention away from CP3.

And therein lays the problem with the Clippers no matter how much depth they have.

Coaching too.. but I digress.

You are straight to the point on the bolded part, Majesty. Like you, I also believe Griffin he is not a second option for this team. He might be a good third option but he is a bad 1st and 2nd option. That's why the Clippers need a legit second option to compliment Paul. It doesn't have to be a superstar but a player that could create his own shots and it is reliable down the stretch. Unfortunately for the Clippers, Donald Sterling loves Griffin and DeAndre Jordan so Paul is stuck with them for the next couple of years.

He sticks to his 10/11 man rotation that really should be shortened. No reason to play Ronny and Hollins 8 mins each. Obviously he's trying to find an answer to Z bo and Marc, but a player can't figure someone out defensively for 8 mins.

On the offensive side, that 10/11 man rotation is killing them too. They're playing Chauncey 12 mins. That's ego food. That stuff is condolence minutes. He doesn't need that, and really if they want to win they shouldn't give it to him. Butler needs more than 19 mins to get him going.

Memphis is the best match up for Clippers due to this one coaching area. VDN needs to be more aggressive in doubling in the post. Let Memphis kill you from the perimeter especially since DJ is a shot blocker and not a post up defender. If it was Memphis vs Denver it'd be a lot closer leaning towards Denver just because George Karl doubles in the post on the catch.